Train service between Southampton and Montauk is set to resume on Monday, East Hampton Town and Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. announced on Thursday.

Four men have been indicted on charges of operating as major drug traffickers, a top felony offense, in the alleged drug ring that the Suffolk County District Attorney's office said last month was responsible for distributing more than $1 million worth of heroin on or near the Shinnecock Indian Reservation. 

After news of John James Usma-Quintero’s death reached Colombia, many were angry that the driver had been let out on such low bail. “We don’t want any other family to go through this pain,” his brother said.

Baymen and lovers of shellfish can hold on to hope that East Hampton waters will offer an abundant crop of bay scallops when they open to the annual harvest on Sunday, but if the first days’ harvest in state waters is an indication, they will be disappointed.

National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, is a nonprofit organization that provides educational resources and encouragement in November as thousands of people across the world take on the challenge of writing a 50,000-word story in 30 days.

“The political scene in East Hampton is in a changing mode, a state of flux,” Kyle Vorpahl, secretary of the East Hampton Town Republican Committee, said yesterday. “Everyone involved is perhaps considering their public stance and personal convictions.”

The East Hampton Middle School student government club is collecting new socks and slippers and new or gently used shoes to donate. Their collection drive, called "Toe-vember," runs through Friday, Nov. 15, and will benefit The Retreat, the East Hampton shelter for victims of domestic violence.

Patchita Tennant, a well-liked manager at the CVS pharmacy on Pantigo Road in East Hampton, was indicted last week on new, upgraded charges that include the attempted murder of her boyfriend in their Flanders home in September.

Incumbent Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone emerged the clear winner Tuesday in the race for the leadership role in the County Legislature. Bridget Fleming, the incumbent legislator who represents the South Fork and Shelter Island, was also re-elected, while Andrea Harum Schiavoni of North Haven was elected to a county judgeship.

Will WNET, America’s flagship PBS station, acquire WPPB-FM, a National Public Radio member station based in Southampton? Maybe, and maybe not.

Patrick and Joan Lyons of Three Mile Harbor-Hog Creek Road in Springs have announced the engagement of their daughter Jillian Lyons to Jonathan Gil, the son of Omar and Carmen Gil of Miami.

Data released last week by Suffolk County show that low-nitrogen septic systems approved by the county’s Department of Health Services are performing, on average, as originally anticipated or better.

According to a report issued by the International Energy Agency, offshore wind is capable of generating more than 18 times the current global electricity demand and is poised to become a trillion-dollar industry over the next 20 years.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation oversaw two soil borings to test groundwater at East Hampton Airport on Friday. Eastern Environmental Solutions, a Manor­ville contractor, performed the borings.

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A swastika and some writing in Spanish were found spray-painted on a large rock in Springs last week, raising community concern of a hate crime, though police believe it was an isolated incident that was the work of juveniles.

An issue affecting many school districts and municipalities across the country hit home on Monday when hackers hijacked the Sag Harbor School District’s computer system.

The New York State Education Department has signed off on the Springs School’s construction plans earlier than anticipated, putting the project about a month ahead of schedule, the district announced Monday.

A detailed study of land use along Springs-Fireplace Road and its surroundings is to be commissioned by East Hampton Town Board in an effort to improve commercial and residential development, traffic circulation, and the area’s visual character.

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